What’s in a Name?

More than I care to admit

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Yet, here I am about to confess. I was born Theodore Benjamin Sterling. Yes, about as WASPY as it gets. Sterling is an upstanding British name, mind you. Think of their money moniker, pound sterling and of course sterling silver and you get the idea.

A really high bar to live up to. So I gave up trying, in high school. That’s when my rebellious streak came out. If…